2004 Redskins Four-Way Scrimmage

Big Red vs. Cleveland, Polk Co., and Ooltewah

Article and stats by Jeff McQueen,
Photos by Jammie Graves

On Saturday, August 7th, the Loudon Redskins traveled down to the home of the Cleveland Blue Raiders to participate in a 4-way scrimmage. Represented was the host Cleveland Blue Raiders (4A), Ooltewah Owls (5A), and the (2A) Polk Co. Wildcats. A fine morning for football was on hand, a little cool with early morning fog; however that was soon forgotten when things got down to business.

Your Redskins drew Polk Co. first and started on offense. The stats are as follows:

LHS
• #24 Josh Hawkins: 5 rushes for 44 yds and 1 catch for 80 yds & a TD
• #34 Charlie Hampton: 3 rushes for 12 yds
• #7 Mark “P” Harrison: 3 rushes for 23 yds
• #3 Brandon Dixon: 1 carry for 1 yd
• #4 Cody Fritts: 1 of 4 passing for 80 yds & a TD
• Fumbles: 2
• 1st Downs: 4

Polk Co.
• Rushing: 13 carries for 114 yds & 1 TD
• Passing: 2 of 5 for 30 yds
• 1st Downs: 5

Polk Co. was much improved from last year.

Next up were the Cleveland Blue Raiders. Cleveland is a young team, made up mostly of sophomores. The Blue Raiders were pretty fired-up, and seemed to intimidate the Big Red, however the Cleveland offense was held in check.

LHS
• #24 Josh Hawkins: 4 rushes for 58 yds & a TD
• #34 Charlie Hampton: 3 rushes for 20 yds
• #7 Mark “P” Harrison: 2 rushes for 6 yds
• #4 Cody Fritts: 2 rushes for -9 yds, 2 of 3 passing for 18 yds
• #42 Tyler Campbell (freshman): 2 carries for 48 yds
• #3 Brandon Dixon: 1 catch for 14 yds
• #9 Jeremy Johnson: 1 catch for 4 yds
• Fumbles: 1 (returned for a TD by Cleveland)
• 1st Downs: 3

Cleveland
• Rushing: 6 carries for 51 yds
• Passing: 0 of 3 for 0 yds and 1 INT (by #34 Charlie Hampton)
• 1st Downs: 2

The Ooltewah Owls posed the biggest challenge of the day; they run the same offense as Mt. Juliet who we faced in a passing scrimmage (shot gun + 3, 4, or 5 wide).

LHS
• #24 Josh Hawkins: 5 rushes for 15 yds, 2 catches for 68 yds
• #7 Mark “P” Harrison: 3 rushes for -3 yds
• #4 Cody Fritts: 1 rush for1 yd, 3 of 4 passing for 77 yds
• #42 Tyler Campbell (freshman): 1 carry for 28 yds
• #1 Jacob Hampton: 1 carry for 1 yd
• #3 Brandon Dixon: 4 carries for 15 yds, 1 catch for 9 yds
• Fumbles: 0
• 1st Downs: 5

Owls
• Rushing: 7 carries for 54 yds
• Passing: 5 of 8 for 69 yds and 1 TD
• 1st Downs: 6

On the last play of the period, #24 Josh Hawkins hauled in a Fritts pass and was churning up the real estate headed for a sure touchdown. #80 Josh McQueen was trailing the play and made some inadvertent contact, out came the flags for a clipping penalty. The coaching staff was pretty fired up at that call.

Period four pitted your Loudon Redskins against the Polk Co. Wildcats in goal line drills. The ‘Skins failed to score on 4 tries from the 10 yd line; Polk Co. was stopped on an interception by senior safety #80 Josh McQueen. With time left in the period, the #2’s swapped a couple of “O” and “D” series. #32 Grant Gasper (freshman) rushed for 17 yards and blocked a punt, #42 Tyler Campbell (freshman) had 2 carries for 31 tds and a TD, and newcomer #20 Tom Cruz posted 31 yds and scored a touchdown on 2 carries.

Summary:

The Redskins at times looked good on both sides of the ball. The “O” and “D” lines will need more consistency. #4 Cody Fritts looked more at ease in the pocket, #24 Josh Hawkins caught the ball well, freshman #42 Tyler Campbell was a big surprise rushing for 76 yds against the varsity. The defense line was headed by #53 Jimmy McQueen with 3 stops for no gain, #34 Charlie Hampton had an INT and a tipped pass from the linebacker position, #81 Adam Russell and #52 Kyle Tallent fought off double teams all day, and #80 Josh McQueen was head hunting and added an INT from the safety position.

The Redskins will go to Meigs Co. this Friday (8-13) for a 3-way scrimmage game: Meigs, Loudon, and Midway.

The Photos...

#81 Adam Russell rushing the passer.

(L to R) #53 Jimmy McQueen, #3 Brandon Dixon, and #7 Mark "P" Harrison.

#80 Josh McQueen vs. Cleveland.

#4 Cody Fritts back to pass vs. Cleveland.

Quick pitch to #24 Josh Hawkins vs. Ooltewah.